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October 23, 2012

More unfortunate news on the Zynga front; the once-darling of social gaming has announced it will close its Boston office and lay off five per cent of its global workforce. This also puts its Japan and UK offices in immediate danger. In a memo circulated to staff, Zynga CEO, Mark…

Video review: Just Dance 4 (Wii)

October 23, 2012

Just Dance/Just Dance 4/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii/Video review

What game gets the cheerleader, Juliet Starling, grooving to Rock Lobster? Just Dance 4, naturally. I should explain that, right? We’ve reviewed Ubisoft’s newest entry into its party game mega-franchise, and just to show you how it’s done we’ve got some footage of various people having a great time playing…

Review: Avernum VI (iPad)

October 22, 2012

Apple/Avernum/iPad/Retro/Reviews/RPG/Spiderweb Software

You have to love Spiderweb Software. On microbudgets Jeff Vogel has for years produced massive, sprawling old-school RPGs in the vein of the classic Dungeons & Dragons games. It’s an irresistible formula for anyone with fond nostalgia for the old SSI titles, and of all Vogel’s games, the Avernum series…

Innovative games we’d like to see on Wii U

October 22, 2012

Magic the Gathering/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Pokemon Snap/Rhythm Heaven/Rhythm Paradise

This is a topic that has been constantly gnawing at the back of my mind for quite a while now and that I wanted to put in writing; less obvious games (i.e. no Mario, Zelda, Metroid or third-party AAA titles) for the Wii U that would not only appeal to…

Social networking apps vanish from Xbox Live

October 22, 2012

apps/Facebook/twitter/Xbox 360

Hope you didn’t want to Tweet and/or post to Facebook from your Xbox. Yes, it’s a tragic day for the dozen or so folks that enjoyed the idea of having the ubiquitous Twitter and Facebook functionality built into their Xbox dashboards- and yet had somehow avoided downloading the appropriate applications…

Review: Ravaged (PC)

October 22, 2012

2 Dawn Games/EA Origin/kickstarter/PC/reverb/Steam

From Kickstarter to kick your… On April 28th of 2009, Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com) launched. It’s a website where users can support projects by donating their money to the project creators and where developers can try to get their own projects funded. On February 8thof this year (2012), Double Fine Productions launched…

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October 22, 2012

Circle Entertainment/DSiWare/Nintendo/Reviews/RPG/Strategy RPG

Circle Entertainment is not even trying now. It’s a development team that has never really minded ripping off other original ideas and throwing a cheap copy onto DSiWare, but it’s taken things to a whole other level this time around. As a business strategy it makes sense. There’s not a…

Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (PC)

October 22, 2012

2K Games/PC/Reviews/Strategy/turn based/XCom

Strategy games have held a position of favour for man hardcore gamers since the inception of the form. Unfortunately, this genre has been woefully represented over the past few years as market ground has been lost to more populist fair, especially to the infinitely reproducible first person shooters. So much…

Review: Sonic Adventure 2 (PS3)

October 21, 2012

PlayStation/Retro/Reviews/Sega/Sonic/Sonic Adventure 2

It has been two years since Sega released Sonic Adventurefor Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. In that time, fans have been begging, pleading, and making petitions for the game’s sequel to be released in the same format. If you’ve played either title, you’re doubtlessly aware of how “stable” and…

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October 21, 2012

Marketing/News/PlayStation/Sony

Over the past few days, Sony has quietly slipped two new teaser clips onto the Internet that are produced in the same vein as last year’s Michael teaser, which instantly stirred excitement across the industry with its release. If you somehow missed the Michael short, you can find it right…

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